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  Suborder Paucitubulatina

Family Proichthydiidae

    Genus Proichthydioides
    Genus Proichthydium

Taxon Information

The Family Proichthydiidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Proichthydiidae, "a rare family not yet reported from North America" (Strayer et al., 2010).
• Proichthydiidae, [Palearctic, Neotropical; 2 species worldwide in 2 genera] (Balsamo et al., 2008).

Bibliography

• Strayer, D.L., W.D. Hummon & R. Hochberg. 2010. Gastrotricha. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 163-172.
• Balsamo, M., J.-L. d'Hondt, J. Kisielewski & L. Pierboni. 2008. Global diversity of gastrotrichs (Gastrotricha) in fresh waters. Hydrobiologia 595: 85-91. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Synopsis of the Described Gastrotricha of the World
• WikiSpecies